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Review

Cuban-American Mary Guzmán directs this fresh, funky and -- at times -- frisky comedy on Latina lesbian romance. A cute young Latina lesbian (Desi del Valle -- the Desi of the title) is looking for love after a painful breakup with her cheating girlfriend Adela. The story is narrated by Desi's best friend, J.T. (Yesenia Aguirre), a skateboard-riding baby butch, who has an obsession for performance artist Marga Gómez and a penchant for helping her friend. After a year in "mourning," Desi's friends, wanting to see her happy and involved, begin to intervene. Despite a series of awful dates, including one woman with a rather strange allergy and a terrible fix-up courtesy of her friend Juan Hernando Hernandez, Desi is ready to give up and make a life for herself on her own.

Is it really that hard for Desi to find a nice Latina woman who likes poetry and the film Personal Best? Luckily, J.T. is undeterred and determined to get Desi a girl! Filmed in the cafes, clubs, and bookstores of San Francisco, as well as the apartments of several cast members, this exuberant no-budget film also features fun animated vignettes to underscore Desi's various emotional states.

 -- Gary M. Kramer